Setting the Quota for an Account Using the CLI

This article describes how to set the quota for an account using the CLI

Solution

1. Log into the CLI using the telnet application:

telnet 127.0.0.1 7000
2. Enter the administrative username:

<login> user admin
3. Enter the password:

<password> your_admin_password
4. Select the domain holding the account:

<#> update domain name example.test
5. Select the account:

<domain#> update account name test-account
6. Enter the quota configuration context:

<domain-account#> CONFIG QUOTAS
7. Set the quota value to 10MB:

<domain-account-quotas#> SET totalMessageSize 10240
8. Save the configuration:

<domain-account-quotas#> done
<domain-account#> commit
<domain#> commit
<#>save config

9. Close the connection:

<#> quit
This above example will set the quota to 10 MB for the account "test-account" from the domain "example.test" on the 127.0.0.1 mail server. You will need to adapt the values to fit your settings.

NOTE:
The quota value is expressed in KB. Setting this value to low might prevent your users from receiving e-mail.

NOTE:
The maximum quota value that can be set for an account is 4TB.
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